AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE ENTRANCE TO PARADISE

CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY

Details

AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE ENTRANCE TO PARADISE
CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY
Ink and colour on paper, showing the various stages to the entrance of paradise, including the scales on which ones deeds are weighed
Miniature 15¼ x 8 1/8in. (38.4 x 20.6cm.)

Lot Essay

Explanatory names on this diagram clarify the structure of the universe, heaven and hell. Similar cosmological images can be found in manuscripts and 19th century lithographed editions of Yaziji Zadeh Mehmed Efendi's (d. 1451) Kitab-i Muhammadiyye, Mehmedoglu Mehmed Efendi known as Alti Parmak's (d. ca. 1650) Peygamberler Tarihi and Erzerumlu Ibrahim Haqqi's (d. 1780) Ma'rifatnama.

More from Islamic & Indian Manuscripts & Works on Paper

View All